Word-building

Suffixes and prefixes	Formation and meaning	Examples
-ment,-er(-or),-tion, -ssion,-sion,-ence, -ance,-ing	Formation of the nouns from the verbs	Development, discussion, driver, difference, translation, teacher, reading
-teen,-ty	Formation of cardinal numerals	Sixty, eighteen
-ive,-al,-ian,-less, -ful,-ic,-y	Formation of the adjectives from the nouns	Effective, woody, official, hopeless, Indian, atomic, beautiful, sandy
-ty,-ity,-ness	Formation of the nouns from the adjectives	Safety, happiness, possibility
-ship,-ture	Formation of the nouns	Friendship, adventure, mixture
-ize	Formation of the verbs from the adjectives	Localize, collectivize, nationalize
-ous	Formation of the adjectives	Conscious, various, numerous
-iable,-able, -ent,-ant	Formation of the adjectives from the verbs	Measurable, readable, countable, different, resistant
-ly	Formation of the adverbs from the adjectives	Properly, naturally, kindly
mis-,dis-	These prefixes have the meaning, opposite to the stem	To misunderstand, misfortune, to dislike, to discover
over-,under-	The prefix –over means “пере-, сверх”; the prefix –under means “недо-”	To overcome, to underpay, to overwork, to underfeed
re-	Prefix of the verbs –re means the recurrence of the actions	To redone, to remake, to rewrite

1. Form the nouns from the following verbs with the help of the suffixes:

to work, to develop, to agree, to read, to write, to translate, to dictate, to farm, to plant, to buy, to interpret, to differ, to teach, to drive, to collect, to seed, to learn, to discuss, to examine, to contain, to indicate.

2. Name the suffixes in the following words, define the part of speech:

central, personally, experiment, friendship, chemist, document, question, production, conference, practical, computer, early, vacant, attractive, wonderful, student, painter, richly.

3. Group the following words dividing them into: a) nouns, b) adjectives, c) adverbs, d) numerals:

local, writer, clearly, fifth, condition, principal, client, conversation, sensitive, eighteen, fully, comprehensive, conversion, social, porter, session, regional, tractor, cultivation, easily, formally, assistant, speaker, closely.

4. Form the antonyms of the following words, using suffixes:

usual, known, natural, adequate, thinkable, possible, dependence, different, happy, mortal, pretty, well, regular, practical, legal, definite, rational, logical.

5. Form the words, opposite to the meaning, using:

a) prefix dis-

able, comfortable, to connect, to cover, to continue, to like, to place, to please.

b) prefix mis-

to believe, to understand, information, to lead, to manage, to place, to use, to spell.

c) translate the words into Russian.

6. Group the words into synonymous pairs:

various, to start, earth, to return, globe, wood, different, to begin, to produce, major, to name, kind, to come back, to call, to manufacture, forest, chief, species.

7. Group the words into antonymous pairs:

to disappear, to die, without, to break, inside, simple, to stop, decomposer, to live, to decrease, to appear, with, complex, to move, long, outside, composer, to build, to increase, short.

Types of sentences: personal, indefinite personal and impersonal

1. Write it is (it’s) or is it:

1. What time is it?

2. We must go now. …… very late.

3. … … true that Bill can fly a helicopter?

4. “What day … … today? Tuesday?” “No, … … Wednesday.”

5. … … ten kilometers from the airport to the city centre.

6. … … possible to phone you at your office?

7. “Do you want to walk to the hotel?” “I don’t know. How far … …?”

8. … … Lisa’s birthday today. She’s 27.

9. I don’t believe it! … … impossible.

2. Write questions with How far …?

1. (here/the station) How far is it from here to the station?

2. (the hotel/the beach) How …………………………………………..

3. (New York/Washington) …………………………………………….

4. (your house/the airport) ………………………………………………

3. Complete the sentences. Choose from words and phrase below:

easy, dangerous, difficult, work in this office, get up early,

it’s nice, impossible, interesting to visit different places, go out alone

see you again, make friends

1. If you go to bed late, it’s difficult to get up early in the morning.

2. Hell, Jane ………………………... There is too much noise.

3.. ………………………. There is too much noise.

4. Everybody is very nice at work. …………………………………..

4. I like traveling. ……………………………………..

5. Some cities are not safe. …………………………….. at night.

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